Ukiah Police still waiting for report on Rosoff fatality

A report detailing exactly what occurred the day Ukiah psychiatrist Doug Rosoff was killed on his bicycle is still being prepared by a state investigation team.

Ukiah Police Department Chief Chris Dewey said this week that he was still waiting to receive word from the Multidisciplinary Accident Investigation Team (MAIT), which visited Ukiah twice to reconstruct what happened when Rosoff was hit by a semi trailer around 8 a.m. Aug. 24 at the intersection of East Gobbi Street and South Orchard Avenue.

UPD officers found Rosoff dead at the scene and located the dump truck that hit him about a block away. Dewey said the driver was headed to the intersection of East Perkins Street and North Orchard Avenue, where the former McDonald's restaurant was being torn down.

The UPD reports that the driver "cooperated fully with investigators" and was not arrested. The name has not been released.

Who was at fault has yet to be determined, and Dewey said the MAIT report is expected to reveal that information.

"Once we have that report, it will be submitted to the (Mendocino County) District Attorney's Office for review," Dewey said, explaining that it is still unclear if any charges will be filed.

Dewey said the report was expected to take "a month or two," and it has been about five weeks since members of MAIT, which is made up of California Highway Patrol officers, California Department of Transportation engineers and other specialists, last visited Ukiah. The team came twice; the second time was Sept. 26.

Dewey said the services provided by MAIT are requested by agencies like the UPD when fatalities occur in traffic accidents, and are being provided at no cost to his department.

Justine Frederiksen can be reached at udjjf@pacific.net, on Twitter @JustFrederiksen or at 468-3521.